Engr. Umar B. Bindir PhD served in the Academia, worked in Industry, and was a Director for several years in the mainstream Nigerian Federal Civil Service. He was the immediate past DG/CEO of NOTAP, the main institution regulating and promoting Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Nigeria. Dr. Bindir’s last public engagement was SSG, Adamawa State.

In 2020, he was appointed as the Director of Innovation and Research at the AFIT, Kaduna.

Currently, he is the National Coordinator, NSIP in the OHM, FMHADMSD.  Also, Bindir is currently the Chairman of the TWG of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on the Alternate School Programme (ASP) of the FGN.

Engr. Bindir is a thorough Politician, Technology Penetration Expert and an accomplished Engineer.

Engr. Bindir is the Founder and Chairman of an NGO, the Bindir Knowledge Centre (BKC) in Yola Town, Adamawa State, established to support out-of-school children.

This Technocrat is one of the longest serving yearly invited lecturers at NIPSS, spanning over 10 years